Stanchion operating and fastening means.



R. P. MORRIS.

STANCHJON OPERATING AND FASTENING MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.1I.1917.

Patented Apr. 30, 1918.

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Be itknown that-I, ROBERT P. Morals, a citizen ofthe United States of America, and a resident of Waterloo, Blackhawk-county, Iovvaj,,have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Stajnchion Operating and Fastening Means, of which the following .is a specification.

My invention; relates to improvements in. stanchion operatlng and fastening-means,-

andthe objects of my improvements are:

First,-to provide easily engaged andseparable fastening-means for the'hinged stand ards of a stanchion, and w 4 Second, to supplyiinechanism adapted to simultaneously draw themtogether or separate fromeachotherthe hinged standards of a plurality of such stanchions. These objects I have accomplished by the means which are hereinafter described and claimed, :and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of a. plurality of stanchions and their support-ingwmeans, with their separable fastenings, and the mechanism for simultaneously actuating the movable standards of all the stanchions, and Fig. 2 is a. perspective View, in detail of said fastenings and operative connections between the stand-' ards of the stanchions.

Similar numerals ofreference denote cor responding parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings, the numeral 26 denotes 'a solid-base in which are embedded the lower ends of a plurality of posts 30, whose upper ends have clamping-members 27 in which are supported cross-beams 29 of tubular form. Certain of the clamping-members 27 have brackets 28 provided with horizontal bearing orifices to receive a rotatable shaft 31, on one end of which is mounted a handwheel 32. Between posts 30, clamping-menr here 8 are fixed medially on the cross-beams 29, and have horizontally orificed spaced brackets 9 through which said shaft 31 passes, winding drums 10 being fixedly mounted on said shaft between said brackets; In each case, one of the clamping members has a depending integral ring 7 in which is positioned a vertically movable tubular body 4, provided with an external an nular flange 6 which rests upon said ring 7;

i The body 4 has a rectangularnotch 5 in its and upwardly standard 2.

cured to the drum 10 to be wound thereon,

body 4,

the other standard 1,

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Specificaticii bf Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 30, 191,8. Application filed August 11, 1917. Serial No. 185,777.

mediately below the tubular body 4is a stanchion composed of two like standards 1 and 2, whose lower ends are hinged together at 23, the hinge-connection. being linked to the base-body26 by means of a The tubular body 4 hasa fixed. arm. 3

whichis securedto and projects inwardly from the upper end of the A chain 11 has one end seand depends through the tube of the body 4, and carries at its lower end acatch 13, consisting of a plate having. a pair of upwardly-extending lugs 12 connected by a pintle, the latter has an upwardly extending boss 19 adapted to be received wlthin the notch 5 of said Upon spaced lugs 1-! on the upper part of which in this case is shown as made from channehbal, but may be constructed of any other desired pivoted medially on. a pintle 21 a latch 16 having a detent adapted for engagement with the orifice 20 in the catch 13, said latch having its opposite end elongated into a section,

secured within the lowest 1 link of said chain. Said plate or catch13 and also has :a-laterally extending .part14 containing arectangular orifice 20.

finger-piece 22, acoiled spring 18 being engaged between said finger-piece and said standard to detent downwardly to tend to keep it from disengagement from said catch 13.

The numeral 15 denotes an inclined slide way body mounted on the upper end of said standard 1, projecting therefrom, and receiving the catch-end slidably to guide it under the detent on said latch when the standards are swung together into closed position.

When the standard 1 is swung toward the other standard 2, the chain 11 being wound up so that the catch 13 is in its uppermost position with its boss 19 engaged with the notch 5 in the body 4, the projecting part 14 of said catch is received under the latch 16, sliding over the guide body 15, lifting the latch until the detent drops into the orifice 20 where it is held securely by means of the spring 18, but may be disconnected by depressing the finger-piece 22 manually.

In the event that it is desired'to separate the standards of all the stanchions simultaneously, the hand-wheel 32 and shaft 31 may be rotated to cause the chains 11 to 1111- Wind from the drums 10. .This lowersthe catches 13 out of engagement with the tubular bodies I, so that the gravity ,of the standard 1 may act in swinging the standard outwardly and downwardly to a position shown in dotted'lin'es in'said Fig. 1, without disengaging the catch from saidlatch 16.:

In rotating the drums reversely, the chains are again woundiup, thus'restoring the catch to its positionof engagement with the body t, while .elosingthe standard 1 toward the standard 2 is eachcase. body '4 may rock horizontally-relatively to said ring/7 upon which it is supported, the

stanchion as a whole, may freely swing in all-directions, and may :have a limited movement upwardly. because of. the sliding fit of thebody in said ring.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters- .ment with said engaging-means, a bearing on" said supporting-means, a tubulanbody on the other standardmovable 1n sa1d bearing and having eilgag ngmeans, saidcatch having engaging-means adapted for releasable engagement with the engaging-means on said tubular body, and a flexible connection betweensaid catch and said shaft passed througlr'said tubular'body to bewound upon saidshaft'.

2. In combination,-suppo-rting' means, a

shaft ,rotatably 'mounted thereon, like stan- Gopies ohthis'patentamay be {obtained for five centseach, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents.

- mentioned a standard, Since the tubular chions. ..positioned below said shaft, each stanch1on composed of spaced standards hinged together at their lower ends, engaging-means-onone of said standards, a catch adapted for releasable engagement with said engagingmeans, and a flexible connection between saidcatch, the other of said standards and said shaftyadapted to be wound up on the shaft, whereby when said flexible connection is so wound up,-the' catch being engaged with the engaging-means on the firstsaid standards are closed together;

3. In combination, supporting means,a shaft rotatably mounted thereon, like stanchions positioned below said shaft; each stanchion composed of spaced standard hinged together at their lower ends,"engaging-means: on one .of said standards, a catch adaptedfor releasable: engagement with said engaging-means, a bearing on sa1d supporting-means,--. a tubular body on the other standard movable 1n sa1d bearing and havmg engaging-means, said catch having engaging-means adapted for releasable engage ment with the'engaging-means on said tubular body, and a flexible connection between sa1d catclnnmovable through sa1d tubular body to be wound upon'said shaft, whereby when the shaft is rotated in one direction, the catch being engaged with the engagingmeans on the first-mentioned standard, the

standards are closed together and the engaging-means on said=catch engaged with the engaging-means on said tubular body, locking them together releasably.

Signed at Waterloo, Iowa, this 26th day of July, 1917.

ROBERT P. MORRIS.

Washington, D. 0.? 

